Nicole Car plays the Countess in Opera Australia’s new production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro directed by David McVicar. Picture: Jonathan Ng Source: News Corp Australia LAST year, while rehearsing Sir David McVicar’s production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni for Opera Australia, exciting young soprano Nicole Car broke her wrist and had to play Donna Elvira wearing a cast. McVicar is back at OA to direct a new production of Mozart’s popular comic opera The Marriage of Figaro and, once [...]

New work … Mariah Carey is in the studio with Justin Bieber. Picture: AP Source: AP IT is not a pairing that you would normally think of but Mariah Carey and Justin Bieber are in the music studio together. The 45-year-old singer, who has worked with the likes of Whitney Houston, Missy Elliot and Usher, looks set to record some music with the 21-year-old. Carey shared a photo of the pair in the studio with French Montana and music producer [...]

It’s no mean feat to encapsulate the greatest rock band in history, but this modern-day Fab Four acquit themselves admirably. Source: News Corp Australia THIS writer is usually wary of Beatles tributes. I am such a fan of the band that the thought of hearing the music in some way mishandled or diminished makes me feel a little uneasy at the plethora of Beatles celebration shows that pass through. It was hard to resist this one though, with four young [...]